Coins from the Frankish Kingdom

The Frankish kingdoms are the barbarian kingdoms that succeed one another or coexist in Western Europe on the ruins of the Western Roman Empire. After the conquests of Clovis in the 5th century, the kingdom of the Franks merges geographically with Gaul. The term "Frank" quickly lost its ethnic value to designate any free man subject to a Merovingian king, regardless of his origin. Royal or ecclesiastical coins of the Merovingian period are rare: common gold coins bear only a place name and a moneyer name. These moneyer coinages form the background of Merovingian numismatics. More than the Solidus, one then strikes the Tremissis, which can imitate imperial types and whose weight soon decline: the Tremissis of a Constantin contained 1.51 grams of gold; in the 6th century, it weighs only 1.29 grams. In the second half of the 7th century, silver coins reappeared and thus an unstable bimetallism settled. Monetary system thus gradually fell into deep discredit, especially under the last Merovingian kings, in the absence of a centralized guarantee as to the real value of the coins minted by private moneyers.

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Denier (670-750)

2 Obols = 1 Denier • 240 Deniers = 1 silver Pound

Denier - Moneyer Adalsar (Quentovic mint)
(670-700)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.1 g • ⌀ 11 mm
Belfort# 5753 var., Metcalf# 267, N# 169662
Denier at the cross - Various moneyers (Chalon mint)
(670-750)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 1.16 g • ⌀ 11 mm
Belfort# 1251-1269, Prou Mer# 1270 s., N# 330720
Denier - Childebert IV
(695-711)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.23 g • ⌀ 12 mm
Belfort# –, N# 331691
Denier (Paris mint)
(700-720)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.74 g
Belfort# 3538 var., MEC I# I, 602-603, N# 6720
Denier with bust and greek cross
(700-725)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.7 g • ⌀ 12 mm
Belfort# 5758, Prou Mer# 2872, N# 351426
Denier at anchored cross (Paris mint)
(700-750)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.04 g • ⌀ 11 mm
Belfort# 3425-3428, MEC I# I, 600, Prou Mer# 737-738, N# 194034
Denier with St. Martin - Anonymous (Tours)
(725-750)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.95 g • ⌀ 13 mm
Belfort# 4576, MEC I# –, N# 382740
Denier anonymous under Charles Martel mayor of the palace (Metz mint)
(736-751)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.86 g • ⌀ 11.4 mm
Belfort# 6636, Depey Me D# 19, Morrison# 72, Nouchy# 19 (p. 23), Gariel Car# II/25, Depeyr Car# 310, N# 339484
Denier with monogram (Melle mint)
(740-750)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.17 g • ⌀ 13 mm
Belfort# 2885, N# 345223
Denier anonyme au pentalpha (Touraine)
(740-750)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.95 g • ⌀ 10.9 mm
Belfort# 3633-3634, N# 374742
Nummus at christogram - Theudebert I (Marseille mint)
(534-548)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 1.29 g • ⌀ 14 mm
Belfort# 5462, Depey Me D# 18, N# 331715
Denier à l'étoile
(670-750)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.900) • 1.37 g • ⌀ 12 mm
Belfort# cf. 2367, N# 399247

The Numista referee for coins of this issuer is Compendium.

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